Hacks and Tricks for Robots-on-Wheels in 2030
User Stories About Future Experiences
It’s most likely that we will see in the next decade a shift in mobility that will transform our lives and work as we know them. As you read, Universities and companies’ labs are already testing outstanding products that can be the frontier of the containerized mobility era.
Gen Z-ers will be first to adopt and co-develop.
The following collection of four short stories is a research of probable user experiences, that people in 2030 may have after inspiring products like mygita — the following robot, become widely adopted. It is easy to think of the Vespa scooter’s adaptation in the 1960s. The scooter was produced by the same mother organization — Piaggio Group, where Piaggio Fast Forward, the team behind the Gita robot, was established. With their global growth, we can expect that by 2030 Gita will pivot and transform itself based on the users’ feedback and on the numerous iteration cycles during the next years.
Some global trends may also reflect on the Gita product development:
- Shared economy / In 2030 most of the people do not own — they rent
- Autonomous cars will form new habits and establish new regulations
- Unlimited energy technology (ITER)
- The global population surpassed 10 billion people
Story #1: The Night Guide
August: 25y.o.; Location: Torino, Italy; Occupation: Juniour Software Еngenieеr; Loves: Self-Optimisation; DIY; seа food; exhibitions; night clubs.
When August sneaked around the corner of the dark street of Torino, he could feel the cold night air on his face. Although the late hours and the long time spent with his new friends, it seems like he knew where he is going precisely.
Like in most major cities in Europe, the majority of citizens in Torino voted for the city to follow the nature-friendly policies of the EU’s Green Deal. During the night, the town was a dark and quiet place, and in several years the wild animals of North Italy returned to their home.
GitaGuide — one of the city’s public renting services, was set by the contract regulations to turn automatically on “neutral mode” after 2 A.M.
August felt the prompt vibration in his pocket when Gita arrived. It was early in the morning, and he attempted to be back in his comfortable pajamas as soon as possible and give himself an hour or two in the bed before work.
He knew that renting Gita will save him at least 15 minutes by letting it walk in front of him and illuminating the obstacles on the road. Gita knew the hidden shortcuts throughout the open backyards, and recently, because of the excellent reputation score of August, he earned early access to use these roads.
They met, and August identified himself with a finger. He allowed Gita to access the whole health package of metadata related to his current condition, collected in the last hours, not hiding the severe fatigue. Gita knew how to guide him.
August decided to rely not only on the vibration signals sent to him from Gita but also to use his AR glasses to follow the light of his guide, too. In these hours, night light was only available in a spectrum that is not visible for living creatures.
Gita had several approved light signals to make August feel comfortable with every step in the dark. The robot was mimicking his moves and kept a near distance to his position slightly accelerating ahead of him when an obstacle was detected or predicted.
August arrived at home earlier than he expected and sent Gita away.
Story #2: “Home is people. Not a place.”
— Robin Hobb.
Debora: 22y.o.; Location: Lisbon; Occupation: Journalist, Writer; Loves: De-coupled living; adventures;
Since she began to use co-living spaces, Debora started to love Mondays. Also, it was always fun to think about what to pack in her GitaMini. How to prepare herself for the day, or maybe the week ahead.
Debora was a member of WeLive and rented an 18 sq. m. private room in their beautiful building in Lisbon for 180€ weekly that comes with built-in single bunks or fold-out Murphy beds, sheets, flatscreen TVs, AirPlay speaker systems, wardrobes, fridge/freezers, glassware, cutlery, plates, pots, and pans. And for 60€ additional membership fee, she accesses the Gita equipment build-in all around the place, which almost doubles the rented space, including GitaHome, GitaFridge, GitaTrash, GitaBackyard, GitaSport, GitaSpa, and GitaMini.
For many people, including Debora, being part of co-living spaces is a statement of their collaborative attitude. She fundamentally believes that we are only as good as the people we surround ourselves with.
This morning, thinking for her Monday tasks, Debora decided to prepare her private stuff firstly, so she touched GitaMini. The device separated gently from the table and followed her to the wardrobe. This generation of GitaMini combined three different volumes, one above the other.
By touching underneath the smooth grey titanium surface, Debora unlocked the bottom area. The telescopical mechanics raised and separated the upper part of the robot’s body for 10 inches uncovering the hidden bottom space of GitaMini. “You never know!” smiled Debora and laid down her carefully folded pajamas and an unused toothbrush. Gita responded with a circular white beam around itself and then lower again to confirm that the security is on.
Next, Debora touched the circle at the centre of the front panel, and the main space slid out of the robot’s body. She dropped the voice recorder, her makeup assistant kit, and a water purifying bottle. Last but not least, Debora pressed and opened the top cover of GitaMini. She spilt a handful of candies into the top section and closed it by hand.
Debora likes to meet new people and collect their stories. She didn’t know anybody in the city and wanted to change that starting with getting to know her neighbours — more than 500 people — locals and nomads like her. She discovered that one of the easiest ways to connect was to send Gita to the stranger on the couch and to open it in front of him, or her. Then she was smiling and was approaching the stranger. It worked every time.
Story #3: Following garden
Tarini: 22y.o.; Location: Seul; Occupation: Bloger, Local Guide, Photograph; Loves: Rural-living, Farming;
Tarini used her phone to assess which of her GitaFarm Baskets are most likely to attract buyers in two hours from now. She chose the ones in good condition and marked them to follow her after breakfast.
Every Saturday morning, she goes on the market to sell and exchange the best of her production from the rooftop garden. GitaFarm ensures a controlled environment that learns from the cloud and updates itself each day. With less energy, water, and no chemicals, she could farm all that her family needed and also sell something. She preferred GitaFarm because its smart features allow her to connect with other farmers and to exchange not only ideas but also containers itself. If a single GitaFarm Basket detects a suitable, stable environment for a given vegetable or herb that is available at a close distance, it moves automatically there and lets Tarini knows.
After breakfast with her son, Tarini pulled the build-in kids’ protection on top of her personal Gita robot that is currently recharging under the sink and activated the “follow-me” mode.
They took the elevator, and as planned, all 16 GitaFarm Baskets from the rooftop already waited on the sidewalk ready to go. They recognized a signal and paired with Tarini’s personal Gita to follow them.
They arrived on her spot at the City Market, and all 16 containers have arranged in a U shape to invite customers to come closer and smell each flavor. Every container-robot consisted of 4 to 20 separate modules, and the buyer can reach out, pay with GitaPay, unlock the module and take home some peace of Trarini’s delicious masterpiece.
At 2 P.M. Tarini gather all unsold items in 3 containers and sent them to the social charity wall as a donation in exchange for 3 empty containers to plant the new crops.
Story #4: Gita Caravane
Greg and Cassie Tristan: 48y.o & 51y.o.; Location: Linz, Austria; Occupation: Data-scientists; Loves: Live-long learning, Skiing, Cooking;
Greg and Cassie felt comfortable with the quality of the personal data they collected and tested with different services over the last 25 years. Every evening they spent at least 15 minutes to organize the new data and help train the model. As Gita enters the PropTech and the FinTech space, the company built partnerships on blockchain contracts with most of the family’s trusted services. Moreover, they had a government certificate to use best practices for data privacy and processing. Three years ago, they signed with Gita and exposed their data twins (the valuable metadata packages) with Gita’s orchestration layer to improve the personalization of its services. That turned out to be a great deal for them. Savings increased by 5.5% every year.
By keep tracking their health condition in-house and outdoor, Gita observed that they move less since Greg suggests Cassie to subscribe to a GitaHouse in the suburb of Linz. Processing connected data, Gita’s AI was able to predict their workload in the next weeks. It found a possible five-day-vacation window for them to make something enjoyable together that will help them to recover. Two hours and 30 minutes from their home, in one of the GitaHubs in the Alps, there were perfect conditions for skiing.
Both agreed on the individual prompts: “Hey Greg, I found an opportunity for you to take a break from the MIT project — it will delay because the time for data preparation will extend. What do you think? I can prepare everything…”
and
“Hey Cassie, as I see Greg’s stress score is still not dropping, and considering your hormone levels, I can book an opportunity for you both to spend some time together for one week in the Alps near Kitzbühel. What do you think?”. In a second it adds: “Greg just confirmed! Please, let me know.”. “Sure”, confirmed Cassie.
After voting, they decided to add 3.500€ to their trip balance and selected the “non-extreme” mode. Knowing their preferences, Gita pulled out their last year’s records and sent them a draft program after dinner.
23 March, Sat
11:00 A.M., Arriving and boarding in GitaHub;
12:00–13:00 P.M., Private launch;
1:00–1:30 P.M., Walking with Gita through the hub and suggesting interesting contacts based on mutual interests;
2:00 P.M., Transportation to Hahnenkammbahn ski zone;
7:00–10:30 P.M., Public Diner in the Hub;
24, 25, 26 March
8:30–9:30 A.M., Breakfast;
10:00 A.M. — 4 P.M., Walking up to different zones in the mountain with GitaGuide and freeskiing;
5:00–6:30 P.M., GitaSpa;
7:00–10:30 P.M., Private / Public Diner in the Hub;
27 March, Wed
8:30–9:30 A.M., Breakfast;
10:00 A.M. — 1 P.M., Walking up to different zones in the mountain with GitaGuide and freeskiing;
3:00 P.M., Departure;
6:00–7:30 P.M., GitaSpa at the backyard at home;
“Please, click, or say “Approved” if you like it, or “I want to make suggestions”.
“Approved” — said Greg.
“Approved” — replied Cassie.
“Great! Glad to assist. I will coordinate GitaDelivery to ensure you with the needed accommodations. Please, let me know if you change your mind.”
Gita turns its tracking and processing mode on “intensive measurements”. There were two goals: 1) to analyze the condition of all vehicles needed for the trip by inspecting the data from their parts and predicting the possibility for fault, and if needed, to send units for maintenance, and 2) to collect all health data available for Greg and Cassie to adjust and send their diet to the hub.
On Saturday morning, GitaCaravane was equipped with everything for a ski vacation, ready to lift them in the mountain. At 9:10 A.M., Greg and Cassie enjoyed their first coffee, quietly enjoying the view of the snowy north ridges of the mountain, seen through the left panorama window of the vehicle.
